Cold war

Cold war

The Cold war(1947-1991) was a period of military and political tension between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc dominated by the USSR. Military conflict was avoided because the use of nuclear weapons would mean mutually assured destruction.

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Sentinel

Military; Cold war

A proposed ABM system designed to defend cities against ballistic missile attack.

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

Military; Cold war

An ABM research program dedicated to finding technology to destroy incoming ICBMs. It was begun in 1983, after Reagan's "Star Wars" speech in which he called on the nation's scientific community to ...

Strategic Air Command (SAC)

Military; Cold war

A now defunct component of the USAF with the mission of delivering Air Force strategic nuclear assets to targets overseas.

Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force

Military; Cold war

Carter authorized the creation of this force of up to 200,000 troops for response to military emergencies around the world, primarily in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Rand Corporation

Military; Cold war

A government-sponsored "think tank" created in 1946 to study problems of national security.

NSC-68

Military; Cold war

An important U. S. Foreign policy document of 1950, which reappraised America's global position vis-'a-vis Communist China and the Soviet Union. It called for a full-scale military build-up to ...

NIKE

Military; Cold war

A U. S. Army project begun in 1945 to develop missiles for air defense. Several NIKE missiles were developed and deployed, including the NIKE-Ajax and NIKE-Hercules.